His church to uphold the edifice, which will never be overthrown until the end of the world, whatever blows may be struck at it."[6] [Sidenote: Opposition of the parliaments.] The parliaments exhibited scarcely less opposition to the edict than did the pulpits of the Roman Catholic churches. One--the Parliament of Dijon--never registered it at all;[7] while that of Paris instituted a long and decided resistance. "_Non possumus, nec debemus," "non possumus, nec debemus pro conscientia_," were the words in which it replied when repeatedly pressed to give formal sanction.[8] The counsellors were equally displeased with the contents of the edict, and with the irregularity committed in sending it first to the provincial parliaments. Even when the king, yielding to their importunity, by a supplementary "declaration," interpreted the provision of the edict relative to the attendance of royal officers upon the reformed services, as applicable only to the bailiffs, seneschals, and other minor magistrates, and strictly prohibited the attendance of the members of parliament and other high judicatories,[9] the counsellors, instead of proceeding to the registry of the obnoxious law, returned a recommendation that the intolerant Edict of _July_ be enforced![10] It was not possible until March to obtain a tardy assent to the reception of the January Edict into the legislation of the country, and then only a few of the judges vouchsafed to take part in the act.[11] The delay served to inflame yet more the passions of the people. [Sidenote: New conference.]